Exploring the differences between students trained under the old and new HSC syllabuses
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The School of Physics at the University of Sydney has a research group called SUPER, the Sydney University Physics Education Research group. In December 2000, an enthusiastic postdoctoral fellow, Dr Chris Stewart, joined SUPER. We considered possible research projects and decided to explore the differences between students trained under the old HSC syllabus with those trained under the new HSC syllabus. Of course we would use the sample most convenient for us, first year physics students at the University of Sydney.
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